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tarpaulian
† tarpaulian, n. and a. Obs. Forms: 7 tarpailian, -paulian, -pollian, 8 -polian, -pawlian. [from next, after adjs. and ns. in -ian.] a. n. = next, 2. b. adj. = next, 3 b.a 1656 Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 124 The number of horse⁓boyes, and foot-boyes, and of hangers-on, and the tarpailians in the corn-sh... Oxford English Dictionary
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tarpaulin
tarpaulin, n. (tɑːˈpɔːlɪn) Forms: 7 tarpaulling, tarr pawlin, tarrpawling, tarpolin, -paling, -palin, (-pallion), 7–8 -pawlin, 7–9 -pawling, -pauling, 7– tarpaulin. [Generally thought to be f. tar n.1 + pall n.1 + -ing1 1 f, g (as in netting, grating, and cf. awning). The blackness of tarred canvas ... Oxford English Dictionary
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